No internets is like living in the stone age!

I still have no internet. For reals. It’s surprisingly not that bad, and I don’t miss it very much since I can always hop on for a quick moment at work or wherever.. but updating things like blogs and such can be a serious pain in the ass. So… that’s the explaination for the long delays in between posts. I swear I’ll be back up and running soon.. as soon as I can figure out which internet service I want, that is..

So, to let you know what’s going on.. I am in my new house and it’s relatively getting under control. We’ve painted almost every room at this point, worked on our outdoor space, worked on our main bathroom and kitchen, and just got started on the nursery. Oh yes.. the nursery. It’s a total mind trip to have a nursery in my house, but August is quickly approaching!!

Also, I finally have my studio/office in working order (basically).. which means I’m painting again! YAY! I have a new series that I started and I will be putting some new awesome Kat Gun stuff on etsy for purchase. It’s a whole bunch of goodies and artwork that will delight you people out there! So keep on the lookout for that!

ALSO, my friend Adam of OptPhoto.com is selling the deck of PinUp cards on his website (or on his connected PayPal or whatever..) so get em while they’re for sale!!! He did sell out of the original pressing decks, so it will take a little time for the deck can reach you, but I’m sure all the info you need to know is on the website.

So.. all in all.. everything in Kat Gun’s weird and wild life is pretty calm at the moment. The baby is growing and kicking and healthy, and attended her first two concerts in the last 2 weeks.. Dog Fashion Disco and Mastodon. Now that’s one badass baby girl!! Over halfway there now, Philadelphia!! YAY!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

No TV and no Internets makes me feel disconnected, yet reconnected..

I did it. I moved into my new house. After getting screwed by Coldwell Banker Mortgage (never work with them, people.. ever ever ever) I was introduced to a lovely bank in the Philadelphia area that did mortgages. Looooong story short, they helped me save my house deal, and it’s all gravy. I have my awesome house with many bedrooms, bathrooms, a yard and a studio. Good god my family and pooches are happy!

THAT being said, my stuff is in disaray! No artwork is being done due to the fact that my shit is all in boxes and scattered about my house. Things will be in order soon enough (they have to be, everyone wants to come visit the new digs already!), but for now the only painting that’s going on is interior wall painting.

Just as a reminder, cause time flies when you’re having fun, THIS FRIDAY NIGHT at the Loop Lounge in Jersey City, NJ is the release party for Pin Up Players and Pin Up Originals! Come buy some art, a deck of cards, and meet the cutie pin up models who will be in attendance!

Reminder numero duece: Buddy Nestor’s All Girls Go To Hell solo show is Saturday night here in Philly at The Toothless Cat gallery. Come give me a high five, and maybe buy a painting (if they’re not all sold already…).

Love and kisses.

XOXOXOXO

Dog Fashion Disco and Valentine’s Day

Soo… call me a jerk or whatever, but I’m not a huge Valentine’s Day fan. I like it. I’m a chick. I want chocolate and special treatment. BUT.. I do think it’s a stupid holiday. I am however caving and making some gay lil lovey dovey things for those close to me. I am completely against buying cards- from paying money for other people’s words, to the fact that then they just get thrown out, or even worse SAVED then you have to figure out what the hell to do with them for years to come. So anyone who’s ever been in a relationship with me, or related to me, pretty much expects to never get a Hallmark Moment from me.

That’s not really here nor there, I’m just trying to rationalize my working on my HeArt show piece while listening to Dog Fashion Disco. I feel a tad weird painting in pinks and glazes on a lil wooden heart listening to songs like “Leper Friend” and “9 to 5 at the Rue Morgue.” If any of you readers have not ever listened to this band, please take a few minutes, type them into GOOGLE, and experience the magic. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen them live, let alone sat in my studio and created paintings over the years.  Sitting at my drafting table, alone in my apartment,  singing lyrics like “Standing over your dead body smiling at you.. staring at you..” caused me to stop working, pop on over here, and write this post.

Thank you for listening to this strange, dark, little gal.

XOXOXOXO

Dark, tired, and fired up

My imagination is as dark as an inkwell. I don’t know if this is a good or a dangerous thing. Just when I begin to feel tapped out of ideas, or like my imagination has been exhausted for a small amount of time and I need a break from painting for a few days something kicks in and lights that fire in my brain and gets things rolling. I cannot wait until I move out of my tiny apartment so I can have some real room to get some work done. My sketchbook is pregnant with fantastically beautiful/evil ideas that need tocome alive on canvas.

I am sooooo tired. I need a vacation to Paris to refuel my soul and heart and body to continue on the very busy life path that I have taken. Anyone want to fund my trip? Cause that would be fantastic.. For now I am just imagining myself going to some exotic place while drinking delicious red Merlot, rather than being here in cold Philly drinking hot cocoa.

Ohhhh.. and by the way… tomorrow (Sat. January 9th) is the opening reception for FEMME NOIR at The Toothless Cat in Philly. Be there and give me a pound or a hug.

XOXO

I’m going to bitch about the cold until it’s warm so get used to it. Oh, and I’m my own worst critic.

It’s so cold. My walk (cause I’m a sissy and it’s too cold to bike) home was just ridiculous. Did anyone else actually get pushed around on the sidewalk today? Cause I certainly did.

So, have any of you finished a piece, been happy with said piece, and then looked at it a week later and dispise it? I’m currently the mayor of that town. I must have repainted the background on this one piece like 4 or 5 times because I’m just “not feeling it.” Hopefully this, umm… 6th? time is a charm cause the paint is starting to build up on the surface and it’s annoying me. I am getting a ton done, and most of my paintings are “complete” (the quotation marks because I’m one of those people who never feel like a piece is complete), I’m just having this strange second guessing myself issue. SIGH. I think I have too much on my plate right now with the whole house buying thing, and the artwork I’m trying to accomplish, and the HOLIDAYS making me want to bang my head against the wall, and the fact that I stopped drinking for the time being and well, that’s enough to make anyone feel nutty if you ask me…

Now, you’re probably thinking “Get over it and just get your shit done. Boohoo, I’m soo busy..” Well, I AM super busy and if you had some of the family crap that I had to deal with you’d take a long walk off a short pier so SHHHHH. Hahaha. Sorry readers.. little rant there…

Point? I’m painting my little fingers to nubs since I keep changing shit that I had considered DONE. What’s good is that all my work is FRESH with a capital F, and to my satisfaction. So to all the people who are planning to attend the Femme Noir show You’re Welcome… I think I deserve a high five or a hug or some money or something… haha  

XOXO